The Idea of Justice

Introduction: an approach to justice -- Part I. The Demands of Justice -- 1. Reason and objectivity -- 2. Rawls and beyond -- 3. Institutions and persons -- 4. Voice and social choice -- 5. Impartiality and objectivity -- 6. Closed and open impartiality -- Part II. Forms of Reasoning -- 7. Position, relevance and illusion -- 8. Rationality and other people -- 9. Plurality of impartial reasons -- 10. Realizations, consequences and agency -- Part III. The Materials of Justice -- 11. Lives, freedoms and capabilities -- 12. Capabilities and resources -- 13. Happiness, well-being and capabilities -- 14. Equality and liberty -- Part IV. Public Reasoning and Democracy -- 15. Democracy as public reason -- 16. The practice of democracy -- 17. Human rights and global imperatives -- 18. Justice and the world.